Author(s): Nathan Taylor

YA - Sci-fi & Fantasy | Best Young Adult Novel - Shortlist

Declan Moore knows he's not the chosen one. In a modern nation controlled by witches and wizards, he has nothing but a famous surname. All he needs is an inkling of power to dampen the disappointment of being a LAMP-one Lacking All Magical Potential. Then the world falls apart. Overnight, every witch and wizard he knows-his parents included-is turned to iron and captured. Declan avoids the same fate thanks to mysterious a girl who seems to know more about him than he does himself. As he searches to save his parents, an uncomfortable reality bubbles to the surface. Declan isn't helpless. He's dangerously powerful. And using that power to save his parents could kill them all.